[...] edited by: Sally Jo Sorensen,
Minnesota Editor
In response to a recent editorial by your national newspaper,
The “inconvenient truth” overhanging the UN’s Copenhagen conference is not that the climate is warming or cooling, but that humans are overpopulating the world.
A planetary law, such as China’s one-child policy, is the only way to reverse the disastrous global [...]
Earlier this week Air Force Lt. Gen. David Deptula warned that the US was losing it’s advantage is air power due to more advanced aircraft and missiles being fielded by other countries. The next day (Wednesday), Secretary of Defense Gates dismissed that notion by pointing out that with the [...]
Red State’s Erick Erickson slams Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for his apparently strategy in handling the health care debate in the Senate, which I’m not sure is entirely fair.
With that being the case, even some House leaders are wondering why McConnell doesn’t simply require unanimous consent on any, or [...]
Presents are bought and wrapped. Tree is up and decorated. Lights are on the house. Snowmobile is tuned up and ready to go. Snowblower is running. I am officially ready for Christmas and a Minnesota winter. Bring it on!
Democrats want to push for job creation so [...]
Sure correlation doesn’t equal causation but according to gun control activists guns cause crime without any need of human influence.
[H/T Pat]
[...]It’s a debate tactic that probably goes back further than the concept of debate. If you have two variations of a concept, one of which is universally acceptable and one which is universally opposed, and you are arguing in favor of the latter, blur the line between the two.
This concept [...]
At the fundamental level hockey is a pretty simple sport. Boil away the details and you’re left with pretty simple steps. When on offense:
1) Pass
2) Shoot
3) Score
When on defense try to prevent your opponent from doing the above. If you fail at that, generally the rule is “Don’t [...]
Last week I wrote on Obama’s declining popularity and the hidden story the polls tell:
There is something else to the polls besides what they say. If you look at them together they tell a hell of a story. Originally only Rasmussen had Obama below 50%. Then Quinnipiac did [...]
We all remember the Muppets growing up and we all have our favorite sketches. The Mahna Mahna sketch has long been one of my favorite. Well move over Snowths, and make room for Queen, who was the inspiration for this soon to be viral video.
Pure gold…
[...]I wasn’t aware of this previously, but according to the recovery.gov website that tracks the spending of stimulus funds, Minnesota has a 00th Congressional District. I’m not aware that anyone else has declared their candidacy so I am. I’m officially running for US Representative for Minnesota’s 00th Congressional District. I’d [...]
The Congressional Budget Office had predicted that the recession would start to recover by the second half of 2009 without the government doing anything. Well we’ve spent all this money, it’s fair to see how it’s working out.
Per statistics from the Department of Labor
Well hell, I’d feel [...]
Earlier this month, President Obama tried to put aside concerns that those that choose not to participate in the government’s take over of health care would be subjected to fines and possibly prison terms. It’s a very real concern, as under the House bill you very well could do jail [...]
So a couple days after the Droid was released I picked one up and since then I’ve had a number of people ask about it. I’ve had a few weeks to get used to it so I thought I’d toss up a review. Keep in mind I’ve been aggressively opposed [...]
I think I just permanently scarred my neighbor’s kids.
We wanted the antlers off the buck my uncle got deer hunting this year. Instead of just cutting off the antlers the butcher basically gave us most of the head. So I was in my backyard sawing off the part I wanted. [...]
“About himself, the president speaks loudly. For America, he carries a small twig.”
– Mark Steyn
[...]Construction contractor Dan Powers, of Burnsville, has announced he intends to challenge Rep. John Kline, for Minnesota’s Second District, in 2010. And from his statements so far, he’s fully embraced the sacrificial lamb role for which he’s destined.
Powers says Kline’s stance against earmarks has hurt the district. He says [...]
I haven’t been much of a fan of Senator Graham for, well ever, as near as I can remember. However, he summoned intelligence, foresight and outright cleverness in completely destroying Attorney General Holder in committee. There really is no other word for it.
Holder’s lack of intelligence and/or preparation are laid [...]
I haven’t written on the immigration issue for awhile because quite frankly most of Washington has had enough of the issue, as the debate of 2007 was a disaster nobody wants to repeat. Well nobody except for President Disaster himself.
The Obama administration will insist on measures to give legal [...]
The towers fell in New York on 9/11/01, Kabul fell to American led forces on 11/14/01. That’s 65 days.
President Obama’s hand-picked replacement commander in Afghanistan, GEN McChrystal, delivered his Afghanistan war plans to President Obama on 8/30/09, and President Obama hasn’t acted on his General’s [...]
I’m back from a week in the woods and trying to catch up. One would have thought that between all his golf playing Obama could have found time to make a decision on Afghanistan. Apparently not. Apparently he just doesn’t like his options especially how much they cost.
Now let me [...]
Yeah that title should be in my best Marilyn Monroe voice….
Happy 234th Birthday to the United States Marine Corps! Happy Birthday to all Marines, active or otherwise. Stay safe in whatever you’re doing and enjoy another year of the corps.
[...]If Obama’s skin was any thinner, he’d have a reservoir tip on the top of his head.
Comment was in reference to Obama’s pitiful need to pick a fight with anyone that offers anything short of glowing praise for him.
[...]As most of you are aware there were three big races that the nation was watching on Election day. Two of those races were for the Governorship of New Jersey and Virginia.
Virginia has long been a Republican stronghold, but went for Obama in 2008. While it would not be overwhelmingly [...]
Yesterday I slammed Obama for being so indecisive that even the French were fed up with him. Well it turns out we’re not just annoying to the French, we ARE the French.
The Palestinian leadership accused the US of caving in over Israeli settlements after Hillary Clinton, the Secretary [...]
“He who spends time passing trivial legislation may find himself out of time to read healthcare bill”
- Rep. Jeff Flake (AZ-6), regarding his vote against H.Res.784, a bill “honoring the 2560th anniversary of the birth of Confucius and recognizing his invaluable contributions to philosophy and social and political thought.”
Yup, we [...]
It’s hunting season so I’m in a constant state of recovering from a past hunting trip and getting ready for the next one. So keep in that in mind. This week is prepping for deer hunting coming up this weekend. In that spirit the first couple links are deer hunting [...]
The Commerce Department is apparently celebrating over…
The U.S. economy grew in the third quarter for the first time in more than a year as government stimulus helped lift consumer spending and home building, fueling an unexpectedly strong advance.
Signaling the end of the worst recession in 70 years, the Commerce [...]
Amazing, President Obama has been accused of giving VIP access to donors. Now on those specific accusation I’m not overly stirred up. I think every President in the modern era has had this charge flung at him, and to a certain extent it’s been true. But the amusing part is [...]
If Obama spent half the time figuring out the troop situation in Afghanistan as he does whining about FoxNews, neither would be news. Instead he demonstrates his lack of transparency by crying when someone asks tough questions.
The Oval Office is the biggest bully pulpit in the nation, [...]
Thank God they found balloon boy, I was afraid that Michael Jackson was ordering take out from heaven.
- From Text From Last Night
[...]Get out the way, we got a Woot Off
We’re pigging out down at the Woot trough
Ain’t gonna stop until the Woot Off is done
You figure you get one Woot per day
And if it’s junk then that’s just the way
But now an avalanche of Woots [...]
I think it’s fair to say that I don’t always get my most favorable coverage on Fox, but I think that’s part of how democracy is supposed to work. You know, we’re not supposed to all be in lock step here
- Barack Obama
Of course this is the same guy that’s [...]
As many know, I have a carry permit (not conceal&carry) for Minnesota (and other states) and frequently choose to exercise my right to protect myself from harm that hopefully never materializes. I’ve carried for awhile now but by no means am I an expert, for that you can read [...]
“See, when the Government spends money, it creates jobs; whereas when the money is left in the hands of Taxpayers, God only knows what they do with it. Bake it into pies, probably. Anything to avoid creating jobs.”
- Dave Barry, humorist
[...]And it’s probably the most positive news we could hope for….
The overall level of violence in the country continues to decline, despite the occasional terrorist bombing. This has led to continued economic growth, and more Iraqis are using their freedom of movement, and action, to protest government incompetence. The [...]
“For the first time, we are witnessing an award with the nominee having done nothing to deserve it: rewarding someone for a wish that is very far from becoming reality.”
Chavez said giving Obama the Nobel award was like giving a baseball pitcher a prize simply for [...]
From Mark Clifton, a science fiction writer (1906-1963):
The Dread Tomato Addiction
by Mark Clifton
Ninety-two point four per cent of juvenile delinquents have eaten tomatoes.
Eighty-seven point one per cent of the adult criminals in penitentiaries throughout the United State have
eaten tomatoes.
Informers reliably inform that of all known American Communists, ninety-two [...]
This is one of many reasons why I love Justice Scalia :
Well, you know, two chiefs ago, Chief Justice Burger, used to complain about the low quality of counsel. I used to have just the opposite reaction. I used to be disappointed that so many of the best minds [...]
Yeah, I think I’m back….just with a greater appreciation for things that are truly important, and the understanding that other things just aren’t even close. This blog falls in the latter. So while before I made an effort to blog Sunday through Friday, now you get fresh blogginess whenever I [...]
Had a truly tiring weekend, mostly emotionally. Attended the funeral of a friend who was killed last week. As cliche as it sounds, he was a very special guy. Every group seems to have the person that everyone else gravitates around. Eric Yanka was that guy in every group he [...]
